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Putting in work!!

Posted in Softball, tagged , , , , , on June 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Veronica

Veronica Crownover digs in and prepares to beat the crud out of the ball. (Kelly Crownover photos)

Veronica

Crownover works on fielding drills on the UW field.

Veronica Crownover found her very own field of dreams.

The softball slugger, who will be a freshman at Coupeville High School in the fall, spent a chunk of this week taking part in drills at the University of Washington.

Under the watchful eye of Husky head coach Heather Tarr and her staff, Crownover and other rising stars worked on advanced infield play and hitting.

Crownover, who patrols first base, got help with footwork, glove work, throwing and transferring the ball.

At the plate, she and others worked through drills that help to improve fundamentals and perfect the swing.

The lessons learned, coming on the UW field and at the Dempsey Indoor Practice Facility, made for a fun time.

“The weather was perfect and it was so exciting to see Veronica on the UW field with Coach Tarr,” said proud mom Kelly Crownover.

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King rules the night!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on June 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King

Tyler King

Tyler King stayed up late to finish his college track season.

The former Coupeville High School standout, now a junior at the University of Washington, didn’t take to the track for his race at the NCAA West Preliminaries Championship Thursday in Austin, Texas until a hair past 10 PM.

Then, since he was running in the never-ending 10,000 meter race, he stayed up well past his bed time.

By the time he was done King had rolled across the line in 30th (out of 48 runners) in a time of 31 minutes, 39.57 seconds.

The top 12 finishers advanced on to the NCAA D-1 Outdoor Track Championships in Eugene, Oregon June 10-13.

The Huskies are sending seven athletes on, four women and three men.

They include Baylee Mires (800), Gianna Woodruff (400 hurdles), Maddie Meyers (5000), Kristina Owsinski (pole vault), Meron Simon (3000 steeplechase), Curtis Clauson (javelin) and Izaic Yorks (1500).

During his days at CHS, King won state championships in both track and cross country.

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Making history, one fast step at a time!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on May 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King

Tyler King

Tyler King is part of history.

The former Coupeville High School running whiz is now a redshirt junior at the University of Washington and this weekend he helped the Huskies thrash their biggest rivals in a way never before seen in 96 years.

With King garnering three points for his second-place finish in the 3,000 meter race, U-Dub pasted Washington State University 113-50 in a meet held at the Husky Outdoor Track.

That, combined with the Washington women winning 99-64, means the Huskies scored a combined 212 points, the most-ever in the nearly century-long war between the two state schools.

It was also the first dual meet sweep for UW since 1997, and only the third sweep since 1979, when Washington added womens’ track and field.

The Husky men have beaten the Cougars three straight years, while this was the first win for the Washington women over WSU since 2012.

King zipped through his event in a lean eight minutes, 20.09 seconds, trailing just teammate Colby Gilbert, an All-American who holds the school record in the 3,000.

Gilbert hit the tape in 8:11.73.

The Huskies go to the Pac-12 Championships in mid-May, with the NCAA outdoor track championships in mid-June.

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He might have been rushin’, but he’s All-American!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Cross Country, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on November 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »

"Indiana, prepare to be invaded!"

So much ‘merica.

Best lean in the biz.

Stretching his body across that finish line like a boss, Coupeville’s Tyler King officially stamped himself an All-American.

King’s 40th place finish at Saturday’s NCAA D-1 Cross Country Championships in Indiana sounded great when Coupeville Sports first reported it that afternoon.

Turns out it was even better than thought.

Not only was King’s run (he covered 10,000 meters in 30 minutes, 56 seconds) his best performance in his time at the University of Washington, but it nabbed him the final All-American spot available.

The redshirt junior joined senior teammate Aaron Nelson (21st) in earning that status. It was the first time in school history that two Husky men were honored at the same championship.

Nelson was also an All-American in 2013, and his feat of being a two-time honoree will be one that King can eye in 2015.

U-Dub actually netted three All-Americans, as speedy junior Maddie Meyers also grabbed the honor on the women’s side.

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King goes national!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , , on November 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

"When I run fast, the wind blows my hair back like this. I like it."

“When I run fast, the wind blows my hair back like this. I like it.”

Tyler King is in the top 16% of all Division 1 male college cross country runners at the moment.

Running at the NCAA D-1 Championships in Terra Haute, Indiana Saturday, the former Coupeville High School supernova finished 40th in the nation (out of 246 runners).

He covered the 10,000 meter LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in 20 minutes, 56.7 seconds, the second-fastest of any University of Washington runner.

King, a redshirt junior for the Dawgs, was 14 seconds off U-Dub senior All-American Aaron Nelson.

A state champ during his days as a Wolf, King was in 167th place after 3,000 meters Saturday, then made a run for the front.

He climbed to 91st at the 5,000 meter mark, zoomed to 29th at 8,000 meters, then fell back just a bit at the end.

Edward Cheserek, a sophomore from the University of Oregon, won the individual race, clocking in at 30:19.4

Washington finished 20th as a team, in a field of 31 schools, while #1 ranked Colorado easily won the team title.

Stanford, Portland, Northern Arizona and Syracuse rounded out the top five.

In the womens’ race, Washington junior Maddie Meyers finished 27th, covering 6,000 meters in 20:32.6.

The Huskies placed 23rd as a team, with Michigan State taking the team title.

Kate Avery of Iona won the individual title.

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